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Monday, March 14, 2016

How to Color Your Hair Naturally / Cómo Pintar tu Pelo Naturalmente

When you color your hair naturally the benefits are many. Not only it's natural, but better for your health and the environment. You will end up spending less, and these methods are easy. For these DIY hair dye's you will need veggies, tea, or walnuts. It all depends on the hair color that you're going for. I have include this chart I made to make it easy for you. Keep on reading to learn how to do it....

DIY Hair Dye! How to Color Your Hair Naturally

LIGHTER HAIR / HIGHLIGHTSChamomile tea, lemons, orange

So
if you already have light hair or trying to go lighter then chamomile
tea, lemons, and oranges are a good option for you. You can use any of
these alone or a variation of them.

Spray lemon juice to
your brushed hair. If you want the result to be more noticeable have it on
while you sit in the sun but don't expect to see a change after several applications. Blondes can see more lightening by mixing
with chamomile tea.

Chamomile tea is also works for
lightening your hair color. The more you leave the tea bag in boiling
water the more concentrated it will be. Steep a couple of tea bags in
boiling water for at lease half an hour. Leave this on your hair for at
least an hour. Reapply the chamomile tea until you reach your desired
color.

If you want to add red tints to your hair try this method. You will need beets and carrots or any of these alone. If you're redhead this can boost your color, and if you're blonde this will create more of a strawberry blonde shade. If you have dark hair like me you might have to repeat this process until you reach your desired color. All you have to do is extract the juice of these vegetables If you only use carrot it will create a subtle reddish orange. Apply about 1 cup of this juice to your clean hair and leave it on from 1 to 4 hours or even overnight. You can even add coconut oil to condition hair at the same time. Optional: Seal with an apple cider vinegar spray. Wait until the next day to see how the color looks, if it isn't dark enough repeat the same process.

Another method is to try hibiscus flowers to deepen your red hair of add a few red highlights. The effect is subtle but if you continue to use the change will be noticeable. Simmer the flowers in water for about 30 minutes, strain, cool, and spray or pour to your hair and allow to dry in your hair under the sun if possible.

To see how I use beets and carrots on my hair check out this blog post where I also share a video of myself applying this DIY hair dye.

If you want to make your hair darker there are a lot more natural options. Any of these will help to darken and deepen brunette hair and to cover gray hairs.

Try coffee if you want to go darker. Simply brew coffee, steep for a longer period of time and apply on clean hair or dip your hair into the coffee. Leave it for about an hour. Rinse your hair with apple cider vinegar if you want the color to last longer. Repeat this process a couple of times until you reach your desired shade.

Another method is to use black tea. Black tea helps you go darker. Black tea won't make a blonde go brunette but it will rather darken blonde hair. Simply brew black tea from one or more tea bags with boiling water. The key is make the tea highly concentrated (steep for at least half an hour). Apply the cooled tea to your clean hair. Reapply black tea several times to reach your desired shade.

Sage tea is another great option. This is the oldest technique for coloring darker hair. You can use sage leaves or sage tea bags. To make this rinse you will need to steep dry herbs in boiling water for one hour or longer depending on your desired shade. Continue to apply this rinse weekly on your hair until you reach your desired color.

The last method I recommend is walnut hair dye which is one of the best ways to color your hair. You can use either the walnut shells or walnut powder. Crush the walnut shells and boil for about half an hour. Cool, strain, and apply to your hair. If you want to save time use walnut powder instead. Let sit for at least an hour (more if you want it darker). Also another alternative to walnuts is black walnuts. The dye from black walnuts is very powerful as it can stain everything, so be careful. Again, you can either use black walnut hulls or black walnut powder. For the hulls you need to crush them and cover them with boiling water and let it soak for three days. If you're using the black walnut powder, boil water and pour a couple of tablespoons of the powder in the water. Steep the mixture for a few hours or longer if you want a darker color. The longer mixtures soaks and steeps the darker the color will become.

So these are a few natural ways to color your hair. These simple DIY hair dye's are a great alternative that you can use to color your hair naturally! Have you tried any of these methods or plan to try it? Let me know! Don't forget to check out how I did the beet/carrot hair dye here for reddish hair! Thanks for passing by and until next time! :))

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Hi, my name is Rosalyn and I'm from Miami, FL. I'm a blogger and YouTuber. LynSire is anything about beauty, style, tutorials, hauls, reviews, personal life, and anything else that comes to mind ♥ Cruelty-free and vegan! & trying to be eco-friendy as much as possible :))